HIV Patient Baseline Characteristics and ART Outcomes in Lilongwe, Malawi (2020-2023)

Lilongwe, Malawi, is the geographic focus of this dataset. It contains baseline characteristics and outcomes for people living with HIV who received antiretroviral therapy between 2020 and 2023 at the Lighthouse and Martin Preuss Centre. The dataset was authored by Hannock Tweya and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze treatment adherence and outcomes based on patient baseline characteristics mentioned in the description
• Model factors associated with successful ART outcomes based on the clinical data collected
• Compare patient cohorts from two specific health centers in Lilongwe based on the named locations

Strengths

• Data covers a defined 4-year period (2020-2023)
• Focuses on two specific, named clinical centers in Lilongwe
• Shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

2020-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:43:22

Geography

Lilongwe, Malawi